Look at the push for abstinence-only education. The fear is, if you start teaching kids about sex, they’ll immediately form the desire to have sex. That’s not true. Knowledge is power. And teaching comprehensive sexuality supports young people’s ability to decide whether and when to have sex. Studies about sex-ed also recognize that sexual debut — the first time individuals have sex — is delayed because prepared adolescents have the smarts and skills to lead healthy sexual lives.

However, it’s as if the trepidations regrading comprehensive sexuality have now leached into PrEP.Populations most effected by HIV — men who have sex with men, injection drug users, as well as black and Latino heterosexual women — are less likely to inquire about PeEP because of fear, shame and homophobia. And those detractions impact the intention to ask providers or ask friends about PrEP.

If you’re not asking about PrEP, you won’t know much about it. That means you’re not going to seek getting on it.

We need to overcome anxiety and talk about sexual pleasure.

We need to reduce stress and fear while increasing our ability to make an emotional connection with a partner.

We have a miraculous invention that could eradicate new HIV infections.

So instead of just looking at sex as something that can negatively impact someone’s health, we need to look at how using PrEP improves one’s overall well-being.

That’s just the start. Because the inception of PrEP has the potential to lead to even greater improvements.